Laundry-marking tag



March 17, 1931. GQUD; 1,796,365

LAUNDRY MARPHNG TAG Filed Sept. 25. 1929 INVENTOR,

' 4TTORNE Patented Mar. 17, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE GEORGE A. GOUDIE, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA LAUNDRY-IEALRIKING TAG Application filed September 25, 1929. Serial No. 395,085.

goods of a piece of laundry interposed between the jaws, these being joined by a folded or bent part.

In commercial laundry practice it is the custom to apply identification tags to each piece of goods and in the case of hosiery the pair of hose are usually inseparately attached by means of a pin passed through the top or cuff of the hose. This practice soon materially lacerates the hose and is highly objectionable to patrons of commercial laundries.

It is an object of the present invention to provide means whereby a plurality of pieces of laundry can be securely attached without liability of the goods being mutilated by the fastening means.

More particularly it is an object of the invention to provide a laundry marking tag incorporating a metallic backbone having oppose-d side jaws or plates which have impaling prongs whereby to grip interposed ma terial of the piece of laundry which is to be tagged and according to the present invention an object is to provide a tag of this char- 0 acter with apertures whereby to receive a pin or appropriate connecting means for oining a number of laundry pieces in one bunch; especially for joining the individual hose of a pair, without passing the joining means through the fabric.

Other objects, advantages and features of construction and combination and mode of use will be made manifest in the ensuing description of the herewith illustrative embodiment of the invention; it being understood that modifications, variations and adaptations may be resorted to within the spirit, scope and principle of the invention as it is more directly claimed hereinafter and which consists of the disclosure, or its substantial equivalent.

Figure 1 is a perspective showing how the marker is utilized with means connecting a pair of hose.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of a marker as in condition for use.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the backbone or metal body of the marker, about full size. Figure 4 is a transverse sectional viewof the backbone on an enlarged scale.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the backbone, enlarged.

The present tag comprises, preferably, a

metallic plate of suitable kind and size which is folded to form opposed jaws 34 which have inwardly directed binding prongs 5 normally spaced sufficient to permit the ready insertion of the fabric of a piece of laundry to be handled. Ordinarily such folded plate, here-in called backbone, is covered with a cloth jacket 6 incasing separately each jaw 3-4 with the prongs 5 projected slightly through inwardly.

A feature of the present invention consists in providing the jaws 34 with opposite window or pin holes 7 somewhat below the bend or fold 2 and in the finished article the jacket 6, Fig. 2, is provided with any suitable index or guide marker 8 regis' tering with the respective aperture or pin hole 7 of its jaw.

It is desirable to prevent the entry of the fabric up to the position of the aperture or pin hole 7 and for this purpose stop guards 9 are provided and these project inwardly at a location below the window aperture and serve to limit the insertion of the goods at a safe position. These guards are shown as inwardly stamped lips along the bottom edge of the pin receiving aperture.

In practice one of the tags is applied to an edge of the piece of laundry to be marked and then the jaws 3-4 are hammered to- 3 gether to close the fold 2 and cause the jaws to grip the inserted fabric. Then the operative collects two or more pieces, for instance a pair of hose, which are co-relative and pushes the pointed shank 10 of a suitable pin device through the index or guide mark 8 of the jacket 6 and closes the pin device, of whatever character, so that the impaled tags are connected to hold the pieces in a bunch;

the pin passing through the tag jacket zones above the edge of the goods which latter is, therefore, not mutilated by the connecting pin.

lVhat is claimed is:

5 1. A laundry marking clamp-tag provided with folded clamping, tag jaws which have opposite pin holes below the bend, said jaws covered with a marking fabric which has indicia over the holes to locate the same.

2. Alaundry marking, clamp-tag provided with folded side jaws which have opposite pin holes below the bend to receive a pin; said tag comprising a metal backbone and a fabric jacket enclosing the spaced jaws, the

i5 covering jacket having guide marks. to show the position of the pin holes in the backbone.

3. A laundry marking tag having piececlainping means, provided with a perforated portion and having barriers to resist inserac tion of fabric pieces to the area of the perforations, and a clasp pin passed through the perforated portion.

G. A. GOUDIE. 

